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NASAFires in Queensland Australia (10/8/2009)

Fires burned along the northeastern coast of Australia in early October 2009. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA«És Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on October 6, 2009. Fires burn north, south, and inland from the coastal city of Cairns. Smoke from the fires consistently blows inland, toward the east or east-southeast. Red outlines indicate hotspots associated with high surface temperatures. On October 7, 2009, an article in The Cour
ier-Mail warned of significant fire dangers for the coming summer. Rains the previous spring had boosted vegetation growth, but hot temperatures and dry conditions had left that vegetation prone to burning. In addition, the monsoon and cyclone season was expected to arrive a month late. A total of 1,700 fires had been contained in just the previous two weeks. NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.


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Mediatype: image
Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/world/queensland_20091008.html
Date: 10/8/2009
Year: 2009
Rights: Public Domain
What: Aqua
Where: Australia
Where: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Identifier: 392539main_queensland_amo_2009279_lrg_full
Addeddate: 2009-12-01 23:49:15
Publicdate: 2009-12-01 23:51:59
Keywords: What -- Aqua; Where -- Australia; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

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